When the Germans rode in, I almost stabbed a robust young Oberleutnant to death with a sprig of edelweiss.

The stove worked perfectly, with a strong, robust blaze that could be raised or lowered by turning the tap Orr had finally finished repairing.

’Why don’t we knock his goddam brains out?’ he suggested with robust enthusiasm to the others.

Luciana was touched by Nately’s forlorn air, but broke loudly into robust laughter again the moment she stepped outside into the sunny street with Yossarian and heard Hungry Joe beseeching them from the window to come back and take their clothes off, because he really was a photographer from Life magazine.